Blog 16: 2 Hour Meeting Answer #2

Essential Question: What treatment gives senior dogs diagnosed with stage two Insulinoma the best quality of life before their passing?

My second answer to my essential question is surgical removal of the pancreatic tumor. The reason why surgical removal is another one of my answers is due to the fact that dogs who under go surgical treatment usually live longer. Surgical treatment allows the veterinarian to preform an exploratory search for more tumors and remove as many as possible. Many case reports that I have read have supported the fact that surgery is the best treatment for a dog diagnosed with Insulinoma. 
In order to better understand how the surgical removal of an Insulinoma is done, I am going to research more about the pancreas and the surrounding organs because sometimes the veterinarian will also have to remove tumors from other organs.